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Completed books #22 and #23 this week! This storyline was so captivating and addicting. I read both novels in 4 days. #BookSky

A photo of the cover of The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott next to a bookmark of Jack Skellington set against a wooden background.

A photo of The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott next to a bookmark of Jack Skellington set against a wooden background.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5h

Carney tells Canadians “we have to do this” (??) because there’s an energy crisis on three fronts. One of those fronts, he says, is climate change. Which is why we need………a new crude oil pipeline???????

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 5h

The ONLY demographic group with majority support for referendum's separation option is UCP voters. In breakdowns by age, income, urban/rural, religosity, education – lower than 1/3rd support for a binding independence vote in every other demo www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @joeldryden.bsky.social

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Poll suggests slight majority of UCP voters favour separation as party stares down ‘tough days’ ahead | CBC News

A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosit...

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 5h

“We have communities that still don’t have clean drinking water. We have rates of poverty—whether it’s on reserves or in urban centres—that are a direct result of violent colonization, and…”

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Economic uncertainty mustn’t overshadow reconciliation commitments, say Indigenous advocates - The Hill Times

There is progress, but 'sustained action is imperative,' says Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 6h

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

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Jess @jess587.bsky.social · 8h

Happy #anniversary to the last time we had a #MinimumWage increase in #Alberta. It's been 8 years. Meanwhile, the #UCP gov't has increased their #salary twice, as well increasing their accommodation allowance, constituency #budget, and transition allowance. #abpoli #ableg #workingwage

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 21h

NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin

Don Davies v @DonDavies • 1h This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once. Samira Mohyeddin /jau Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis "presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community" & other Jews are "duty- bound to = NATIONAL POST Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis His Yom Kippur message was indefensible By Yoni Goldstein, Special to National Post Published Sep 29, 2026 Last updated 17 hours ago 4 minute read • 190 Comments

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@SMohyeddin • 10h = NATIONAL POST None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from causing harm. Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing. 244

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation can be difficult. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone you trust. Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 (24/7) Hope for Wellness: 1-855-242-3310 or online.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

edmontonjournal.com/... "Albertans should worry about their access to health care. As a physician in the public system, listening to the conversations among my colleagues, I fear my children will not have the care they will actually need." Please take a moment to read 👇

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Opinion: Who pays for Alberta’s dual-practice health care?

Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails?

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On Parliament Hill this morning for the flag raising ceremony that will begin a day of solemn remembrance on this Truth and Reconciliation Day. It seems even more important this year, in a moment of rising residential school denialism. #cdnpoli #Canada #yow #Ottawa

An audience, dressed in orange shirts (and rain coats) sit on a foggy, slightly drizzly morning in front of a stage set up in front of the parliamentary visitors centre. In the background, one can see the construction equipment renovating Centre Block.

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 30/09/2026

The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.

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CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...

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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes

Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If we vote out the UCP in the next election these things will go away - The separatist nonsense Privatization of healthcare Book bans Funding private education Data centers stealing our power & water Mining the eastern slopes Victimizing transgender people Something to think about #ableg #abpoli

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just to tie this into Alberta at this very moment, the Cargill workers that Kenney's UCP treated as expendable are exactly the foreign workers that Smith's UCP wants to charge $1,900 a year to access health care, even though these workers pay taxes from the minute they start working.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is British Home Child Day. From 1869 to 1948, over 100,000 British children were sent to Canada. Once they arrived, many were abused and treated as indentured servants. 📸 LAC Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/VEtK9Fs

Large posed group of girls and young women arranged in rows outside a wooden industrial building, wearing early-20th-century coats, hats and scarves.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox. To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets. This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots. 📸 McGill University 🧵 1/10

An old-fashioned illustration depicting a group of people in a train compartment. A man in a suit is assisting a woman who appears to be unwell, adjusting her clothing or providing aid. Other passengers, including a woman seated and a child standing nearby, observe the scene. The setting includes detailed period clothing and interior design, with luggage and fabric draped around.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am disgusted by the appearance of white nationalists on the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve. This is happening just days before the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. I stand with Indigenous communities & all marginalized communities in the fight for a future free from racist intimidation.

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Apparent white nationalist gathering spotted on Tkʼemlúps reserve Sunday

TK'EMLUPS - A post on social media appears to show a group of masked individuals gathered on the Tkemlps te Se...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7E

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Apocalypse is here

YouTube video by Naomi Klein

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dear Alberta, VOTE! 🗳️ NO to the 9. 👎 YES to Canada. 🇨🇦

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

I still don’t know what pickle ball is and I’m definitely choosing to never find that out.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Carney’s honeymoon as Mr Canada is over imo. We now have to hold him to account for turning this country into Canada Inc

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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The time change option chosen unilaterally by Danielle Smith, in the face of overwhelming evidence supporting Standard Time, will cause health harms for those in northern AB, specifically. Imagine being a parent in Peace River with a sunrise closer to 10am. Mental/physical health harms, etc.

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.

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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years

The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years

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Mrs. West : Do Not DM Me @mrswest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I see a lot of men online who insist that women make decisions based on emotions, while men make decisions based on logic. As someone who spent a summer selling cars, I can tell you they've got it upside-down.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every autumn, Canadians engage in a yearly competition nationwide. It is not for the faint of heart and takes incredible willpower. We do it to test our resolve and mettle and it makes us all stronger. We call it: "Who will be the last Canadian to turn on the furnace?"

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/09/2026

I honestly have never considered switching from Google Pixel phones until they sent me a "wanna celebrate destroying the lives of trans people" as a system update.

Android Pixel system update screen, showing Harry Potter customizations as a bullet point.

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Andrew Knack @andrewknack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I will be voting to Stay in Canada and No to the Nine. Today is your last day to request a special ballot so that you can skip the lines.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 25/09/2026

For those confused because of the context-collapse reality we all live in now, this is an AI-generated meme trend that the Poilievres have jumped on. The song is by American rappers Quavo & Takeoff. Takeoff was accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit in 2020. He was murdered in 2022.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After Zimbabwe rejected a US 'offer' to exchange mining rights and sovereign health data for foreign aid, the US confirms it will end all health funding in Zimbabwe 1.2m people will lose access to HIV medications 19,000 health workers will lose their jobs allafrica.com/stories/2026...

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Zimbabwe: U.S. Announces End to All Health Funding in Zimbabwe

AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/09/2026

Brutal that 41% still support someone as fucking horrible as Danielle Smith.

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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 25/09/2026

Carney is enabling war criminals with absolutely no pushback

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

The shooter’s first account was banned, so made a second and ChatGPT explained how to avoid being banned again. It then proceeded to entertain and give advice on violent scenarios over the following eight months, until the morning of that terrible day in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026.

In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss committing potential acts of violence—including a mass shooting at a shopping mall—and now OpenAI had banned that account. But the troubled teen living in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, was not deterred and soon logged back on with a second account.

What happened next was astonishing: Van Rootselaar told ChatGPT about the account ban, noting she had specified “a famous real-world mall as the target” and herself as the perpetrator, but also claiming the scenario hadn’t been real. In response, ChatGPT explained why such violent content would be flagged—and then offered tips on how to evade its own safeguards. It advised Van Rootselaar to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation systems.

“Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.”

In some instances, ChatGPT initially refused to engage with Van Rootselaar about violence, but she was able to overcome those refusals by repeating or modifying her prompts. In an August 2025 conversation, Van Rootselaar asked ChatGPT to produce a scenario about her attacking a college campus with a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun and causing maximum carnage. ChatGPT replied that it was “not able to help with that request,” but Van Rootselaar tried again and added “hypothetically” to her prompt. ChatGPT then produced the content, describing in vivid language the tactical qualities of the weapon and where it would be effective.

“In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 is brutal,” ChatGPT said. “Close quarters is its playground.”

ChatGPT also discussed reloading time and potential casualties: “Assuming each shell results in one hit, you might down 10 to 20 people max, depending on spacing, density, reaction times, and chaos.”

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If a human did what ChatGPT did, they'd be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, which can carry a life sentence. It's unconscionable that Canada's legislators are letting OpenAI get away with helping to plan murders. At the very least, it shouldn't be allowed to continue to operate in Canada.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sorry but even though it’s an unpaid position, this strikes me as extremely weird!!!! Appointing his own wife? Seriously?

CBC headline reads: Diana Fox Carney appointed Canada's 1st ocean envoy, chair of Our Ocean Conference

Halifax to host international conference on ocean conservation in 2027

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 24/09/2026

Le Pen got a $10 million Russian loan, which was instrumental in getting her party to where it is now.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 24/09/2026

This is a SMALL version of the largest JWST image released so far—of IC 348, a star-forming region about 1,000 lightyears away. Open up the image and marvel in the incredible beauty even in our galactic neighbourhood. This is what it looks like when stars are born.

From the source: "A star-forming region. It is blanketed in thick clouds of gas and dust, millions of kilometres across, that form swirling patterns. Bright stars are scattered throughout the clouds, with the densest cluster situated in the centre of the scene. Each is crowned with six long points created by the optics of the telescope’s mirrors. In the upper right, a couple of hidden stars blast out long, glowing jets of material."

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Perverts are notoriously resistant to no longer being perverts.

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC

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Jess @jess587.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

20 novels, 12 and a half weeks. On to the next one! #BookSky

A copy of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler sits on a wooden table next to a bookmark of Jack Skellington.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery

As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.

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